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Getting Started
Teaching Suggestions
Getting Started
Photo of Red Emperor tulip bulbs
Article
Step-by-Step Guide
Fall trees by S. Zimny
Slideshow
Tracking Seasonal Change
An old bulb and a new bulb
Teaching Suggestions
Research, Create, & Share
Photo of a blooming tulip garden.
Article
Take-Home Letter
Girls planting tulip bulbs
Slideshow
Tracking A Sign of Spring
Photo of students staking out garden edges
Teaching Suggestions
Where Should We Plant?
Planting tulip bulbs
Slideshow
Citizen Science
Draw a line to connect recent emerging gardens
Teaching Suggestions
Road Trip - Emerging Gardens
Photo of a tulip bulb cut in cross section.
Slideshow
Bulbs: The Inside Story
Temperature map of North America
Teaching Suggestions
Climate Variables
Planting bulbs
Teaching Suggestions
Experimental Gardens
How does the inside and outside of a tulip bulb help it survive in the winter and grow in the spring?
Slideshow
Explore Tulip Bulbs
Tools for taking soil and air temperatures
Article
Investigating Soil Temps
Microclimate conditions
Slideshow
Microclimate
Using a notebook to record changes in the garden
Teaching Suggestions
Science Notebooking
Using a notebook to record changes in the garden
Teaching Suggestions
Tracking Change with Science Notebooking
Climate factors
Slideshow
The Global Climate
Wonder Ring with questions
Teaching Suggestions
Wonder Rings
Red Emperor Tulips Blooming
Article
Ordering Information Red Emperor Tulip Bulbs